Cross Border Acquisition

by a searcher from Brock University

1 year ago

What unique challenges do you face when exploring a potential acquisition in another country? I am a Canadian interested in an acquisition in the US, and would love to chat with someone who has been through or is knowledgeable in this experience.

In particular, what loan options are available and should you work with a lender in your home country, or the target acquisitions country? And what are the visa/citizenship requirements? etc.

Thanks!

Noah

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searcher from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

Are you looking to acquire as part of an existing company’s growth strategy (and staying in Canada) or acquiring and moving? If the former, then I suspect Laura should have the info you need. If your plan is to move to the US, I’d be sure to dig in on the visa/permit requirements. While an investor still in Canada likely doesn’t need to worry, I assume you would if moving. I know of some that moved from Canada to US, but uncertain what sort of permits they may have needed.

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searcher from University of Georgia

I'm working on the acquisition of a UK company by my US company. Big things I'm dealing with are finding lending options that go cross border, taxation issues on both sides (pre and post sale), data privacy compliancy specific to each country, currency exchange rates fluctuating, P&L and bank statements in different currencies, and legal issues on both sides. I've had to have different representation on the UK and US side of things for everything from legal to accounting to specialty advisors. If it's your first acquisition, I would probably recommend looking in your own country for simplicity sake, unless it's a perfect company for you.

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